11 Parenting Fails Every Good Mom Has Been Through

1. You lose your child for a few minutes in a store. Keyword here, minutes.

2. You and Dad screwed up a pick-up so your kid is left waiting at the school's office for you while you deal with embarrassing phone calls.

3. You call your daughter the b-word behind her back. Because yes, she's being a rotten, difficult child. Not that you don't love her. Of course not!

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4. You forgot there was a performance at school. And your kid was in it.

5. You had some tykes over to play and you ran out of Goldfish crackers. They look at you hungry. You look back at them, well, blankly.

6. You overstuffed the freezer and when your toddler opened the door, well, the entire Trader Joe's frozen section fell on her little feet.

7. You accidentally emptied all those groceries from your car, then oh no, forgot your kid was still in there. Just for a few minutes. Again, keyword, minutes.

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8. She came home from school with head lice; it hasn't gone away for weeks. You're quite tempted to chop off all her glorious hair. You cut a few inches off, then another few off, then she screams, "MOM! STOP!"

9. You forgot it was picture day, so when the photos come back, crap, her hair is a rat's nest and her face is unwashed. She looks homeless!

10. You promised her BFFs could sleep over then had to cancel because you're too tired to have 12 tiny girls screaming in your home. She hates you. You've ruined her life. Yup, her life, is over.

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11. You thought she wasn't listening when you were talking about your visit to the gyno —then you find out she's told all her friends at school! OMG!

So before you hate on yourself about what a terrible job you're doing, (you're not, by the way) just remember, we're all screwing up together. Who said growing pains ever stop?